Baby Blackbird enjoys the sun!

We saw this young Blackbird lying on our patio today like it was dead and wondered what on earth it was doing. Recently we have had a lot of  baby [...]

Sparrowhawk Returns

This afternoon was not a very good afternoon for one of our resident sparrows. We were hoping that the Sparrowhawk wouldn't predate any more [...]

Green Woodpecker Sighting

Just as we thought there was going to be no more bird activity tonight, a Green Woodpecker arrived on our front lawn frantically pecking up ants (and [...]

Fledgling Woodpecker Has Tea!

At 6pm we saw our Fledgling Great Spotted Woodpecker getting fed by the adult male bird.The youngster is actually pretty independent now and needs little [...]

Shy Stock Dove

We have recently seen a Stock Dove in our garden but we had to read a lot of bird books before we were completely sure that it was a Stock Dove! These [...]

Jay Visits Bird Feeder

This morning we were doing the usual "bird checks" after all the nuts were gone on the seed tray a couple of days ago and we were curious to find out [...]

Baby Nuthatch Grows Up Fast!

BeforeThis afternoon we had a reunion with one of our best-loved garden birds. This particular Nuthatch we think came from the Nuthatch nest in a tree [...]

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

We were delighted when the Great Spotted Woodpecker which is frequent visitor to the Suet Ball Feeder in our garden decided to bring along its baby this [...]

Wood Mouse and Squirrel

It's not just the birds which take advantage of the plentiful food on offer in our garden.We now have a rather cute Wood Mouse and a less cute Grey Squirrel [...]

Summer Finches

We have recently put up a Nyjer feeder and much to our surprise it's not just Goldfinches that like it. We get regular visits from a pair of stunning [...]

Sparrowhawk Kill

This morning we woke up at around 6am and were watching the baby birds from our lounge window. Regular visitors include baby Blue Tits and Great Tits, [...]